At first glance The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi and Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman have nothing in common. The Windup Girl is a biopunk dystopia where agriculture companies engineer plagues to increase food insecurity as a way to access new markets and promote corporate-back regime changes. Call me by Your NameContinue reading “Some Like it Hot – The Windup Girl and Call Me by Your Name”
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Putting the Academia in Dark Academia – Conjure Wife
Be forewarned, Conjure Wife was written in 1943 and presents some unflattering gender roles and stereotypes. The protagonist Norman thinks highlight of his wife Transy specifically because she was “so sane, so healthily contemptuous of palmistry, astrology, numerology and all other superstitious fads.” Multiple times in the story Norman equates science and rationality with menContinue reading “Putting the Academia in Dark Academia – Conjure Wife”
Not Enough of a Good Thing – Way Station
Too often I’ll finish a novel and think, “I wish that was just a little shorter. If the editor could have excised twenty or so pages I feel it would be a tighter story.” Very rarely do I feel a book would be improved by more. Way Station by Clifford D. Simak is one ofContinue reading “Not Enough of a Good Thing – Way Station”
He should have put a Ringworld on it
As part of my goal to read all the Hugo Award winning novels, two nights ago I finished reading Ringworld by Larry Niven. It also won the Locus and Nebula Awards so if I ever go down those rabbit holes I already have one in the bank. Like most of these award-winning SF novels fromContinue reading “He should have put a Ringworld on it”
Hugo, Girl!
Dune is important to men. So goes one most memorable phrases from the ladies at the Hugo, Girl! podcast. I am a man and Dune is important to me. There are a lot of reasons why Dune is important to men and I do not want to talk about them here. You should listen toContinue reading “Hugo, Girl!”
Relativistic Economics II
I tossed my thoughts out to the world about light speed economics earlier. As I was reading Dan Simmons’ Hyperion I noticed a character espouse ideas similar to mine and made a quick decision to note it. Going forward I’ll continue to note how relativistic economics is portrayed in science fiction as I find examples.Continue reading “Relativistic Economics II”
The Hobbit 1977
I remember watching this version of The Hobbit as a youngling and the dwarves’ singing as they ransacked Bilbo’s home in the guise of “cleaning up” always stuck with me. The portrayal of Gandalf is another highlight that has been knocking around in my mind for decades. I loved his long nose and beardContinue reading “The Hobbit 1977”
Sex and Snakes from the Seventies
I had no knowledge of Vonda McIntyre’s Dreamsnake before reading. I read it because two podcasts I enjoy, The Hugos There Podcast and Hugo, Girl! had covered it. After reading the novel and listening to all their discussions, great discussions by the way, I did a quick bit of research about Dreamsnake. This is allContinue reading “Sex and Snakes from the Seventies”
The Keasy Depot 